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Vodafone and Deutschlandradio settle cable carriage dispute

December 3, 2019 10.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The channels of German public radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio will return to the former cable network of Unitymedia in early 2020.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: carriage fees, Deutschlandradio, GigaTV, Horizon, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: December 3, 2019 14:58

Vodafone/Liberty Global cable deal likely to go through

April 5, 2019 12.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone can breathe a sigh of relief: The EU Commission’s concerns about the takeover of large parts of Liberty Global’s cable business in Europe are apparently smaller than expected.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: carriage fees, EU Commission, Liberty Global, merger, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: April 8, 2019 12:20

Unitymedia to change cable line-up / New carriage fee dispute

January 14, 2019 22.39 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia will perform several changes to its TV and radio line-up including a controversial move on January 22, 2019.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha HD, carriage fees, CNBC, Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio, Must-carry, Radio Bremen TV HD, Unitymedia Edited: January 15, 2019 20:02

Unitymedia continues DOCSIS 3.1 rollout / CEO interview

November 8, 2018 14.40 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia aims to provide over 1.3 million households with its DOCSIS 3.1-based 1Gbps high-speed internet access by the end of 2018, CEO Winni Rapp told Broadband TV News.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, DOCSIS 3.1, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, gigabit, GigaBuild, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone, Winni Rapp, ZDF Edited: November 12, 2018 09:52

Unitymedia and ZDF settle cable carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

September 13, 2018 09.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia and public broadcaster ZDF have settled their long-standing legal battle over the payment of carriage fees for the cable distribution of ZDF’s channels and have agreed on a long-term carriage deal.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: carriage fees, dispute, settlement, Unitymedia, ZDF Edited: September 14, 2018 21:19

FRK takes anti-trust action against ARD/ZDF in carriage fee row

June 28, 2018 08.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK wants to achieve that small and medium-sized cable operators receive carriage fees from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF just like the two largest players Vodafone and Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, Federal Cartel Office, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Unitymedia, Vodafone, ZDF Edited: June 28, 2018 08:26

ARD/ZDF pay Vodafone €100m in carriage fees

May 15, 2018 16.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF are paying Vodafone €100 million in carriage fees as part of the recently reached settlement regarding a new contract for the cable distribution of their channels, ending a long-standing legal dispute.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, settlement, Unitymedia, Vodafone, ZDF Edited: May 17, 2018 10:49

Unitymedia receives €31m from ARD carriage fee settlement

May 9, 2018 10.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The recent settlement of the long-standing carriage fee dispute with public broadcaster ARD pours €31.2 million into the pockets of German cable operator Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Liberty Global, Unitymedia Edited: May 10, 2018 06:36

ARD/ZDF end cable dispute and pay carriage fees

April 3, 2018 12.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD and the two major cable operators Vodafone Deutschland (formerly Kabel Deutschland) and Unitymedia have settled their dispute over carriage fees for the cable distribution of the public broadcaster’s channels. ZDF reached an agreement with Vodafone, but not with Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Hannes Ametsreiter, Lutz Schüler, Thomas Bellut, Unitymedia, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: September 13, 2018 09:48

Canal+ stops distribution of TF1 channels

March 2, 2018 08.35 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The carriage dispute between TF1 and its distribution partners has reached a new high with Canal+ pulling the plug on TF1 channels.

Filed Under: Channels, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Canal+, carriage fees, France, TF1 Edited: March 4, 2018 16:15

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